What we must do now to secure today’s workers

Members of the public during Labour Day celebrations in Uhuru Park in Nairobi on 1/5/19. [Beverlyne Musili,Standard]

Will traditional models of social security be enough in a country where the future of labour is being disrupted by digitalisation, socio-demographic changes and globalisation?

Anyone who studies welfare systems, particularly on providing social protection or social security for every citizen, usually goes back to the argument between the approaches defended by 19th century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and UK progressive economist Lord William Beveridge.